Roller-bearing wheel.



. WULT.

ROLLER BEARING WHEEL. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. z5, 1909.

Patented; Nov. i6, w09.

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Specification of Leiters aen. iia

Application flied January 5, 1969.

of he plate lo ai right angies o the axis of eaidplnte and of the hub .i6 and is ofl'sez f Siigliily iiom the convex Side oi ehe plate l mo e piane elose oand )aiallel Wih the i l To all 'whom it' 'may concem.'

.Be it known that L'UGUST "Wou-F, a citizen of the United .Sates of America. and resident'of Cedar Falls, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have' invented a new and s f1 "ier, one plaie formed fmeei mili a flange,

on the periphery of the plato 10 and go the :uns of the plaie en@ hub 'innige l5. `The plaie l5 is of such diameer 5o useful Roller-Bearing lfiiieel' of which' iie 'relative to ille diameei of the' ring or Wei) following' is a specification. 12 that i'he of'et the juncture of lille plue The object of this] invention is to'piovide l and Ai'iange 11 oveiiie.. the angle at the an iinpiovei'i construction foi: pulleys or juncture of ille ring and, rim l and forms Wheels.` v l igli jointthey viii7 thus avoiding 65 further object of iiis invention is io senin in lie eenei' 1S is; Common io twopiovide an improved const zuo`0n im: tn'opiece pulleys or wheels, 'ilie ring 2 is @one Pie Wheels inode of sheet nietai si'ionlpi neced to lio peripheral por ion of lle plate v ing. l5 by rive's i8. bushing 19 is mounted A further objeod of this im Hcion is io ighly in the hubs l1 and i6 and is sligiaiy 70 provide an impi'oved consinci'ion for the sliorertlmn iiieerenieleng'iliofnid hubs. side plaies of auwheel, o bushing iheieiioi', Tie ends of lio hubs il. and l5 are shrunk connection Eoeween ih@ bushing und Side o1 clenched sligiily on lie enfle of the bushplates und idiote wiliin ille b iing no ing i5) io eeoin mid bueiiinginthe hubs unpiovide a loeazingon n joui-nml or n. dei' `all fiionnisrmcee. The wheelt con- '75 My invenon consists in lle construction, i si'nol'ml of ille plaies and bushing as deaz'rfu'igemen and .coinbinalion of elemente Scribeil is mounted loosely on a. shaft 21') and hereinafer Seiv foztli7 pointed. ont in my rellene 2i m'o inei'posefl beween the buslioleiinsnnci iili ated by ille accompanying ing and ille simil lo form n roller bearing ilumine, ,in wineA lieween lle wheel, anni shaft. 80

Figniei is o side iew of eomplee The wheel above described designed for wheei in position on u jomnal or Siio'. with use wili door-lmngeie und im@ but om ollei-S interposed between lle Wheel and l no1". iimi'ieii in use in this paltionizii.

Shaft. Fig. 2 is an oppoeitie side View-of die Claim es my inve lonm Same. i7 is an edge view of die wlieei, i A Wheel compos-eo of sicle pini(l means 85 Fig. e is :ieross-seoiou' the indicaed line i foy Connecting suie?. pluies one pietre formed of 2. with :i rim, said rim :'ormeo 'with a Hnge,

In the oonstucion of the Wheei es shown the opposife plate formed 'with un oifet the numeral l0 designates e side piate of overlying file juncture of tile iiss'; plete and consono-convex ofm vand piovidefi 'with a i i'iyi l? iii" i lo also orn'iecl vith e 90 hub il at iis centei foimeil by stomping or if! oi lieoneet lieiein, and

di'awing the eeniiul poiion of lie moeiiai inonnied eentlelly ofi sold of the plaie zo one side into ennuie? omn, i platee, The hub l projoirts from die eonvez'; side oi 2. wheel oomposed of side plates, means the plaie 10. i il@ 41 'web o1.' ying l2 ifoi'nec'i foi" conne-ming @nm plaies? mean for nionnt- J5 11. rim 13 is formed on the periphey of the oppoeiio i e flange lis formed righi angles to the ring and concentric with the hub l. A

wiieei cV provided mici-is of slightly conozi/o-eonve2: i form. The plaie i5 is pieincled with imo .i

l 16 .forme-(i by S'ampino or mowing ne eenn *ri-el portion oil: lle manernii of smal i lelie 'o I l i fini foinzefl 'min oir. o, plaie concevoflange offset from and. circumferentially thereof, the' odset atthe juncture of the latter flange and plate overlying tne juncture of the ring and lim of the irst plate, a hushing Within the hubs'a-nd means for connecting said plates.

4. A wheel composed. of side plates7 one of i said plates c0ncavo-convex and formed with a hub, said plate also formed with a circumferential ring, said ring formed with a circumferential rim extending laterally therefrom across the plate, said rim formed with a circumferential flange, the other plate concavo-ccnvex to less degree and formed -With'ahub and a flange ot'set from and circum'ferentially thereof, the offset at the juncture of the latter iange and plate overlying the juncture of the ring 'and rim of the first plate, a bushing Within the hubs, the ends of the hubs clenched 0n the ends of the bushing, a shaft Within the bushing, and rollersI interposed between said bushing andshaft.

Signed by me at Cedar Falls, oWa, this twenty second day of August, 1908.

AUGU ST WULFF.

Witnesses:

W. L. MARGH,

IRWIN. 

